CHINA: MONGOLS AND MING DYNASTYForeign Influence and Rejection

OBJECTIVES

Students will describe how the Ming restored Chinese rule.

Students will explain why the Ming explored the high seas for only a brief period.

VOCABULARY (PEOPLE)

Genghis Khan: Mongol chieftain that united the various tribes

Kublai Khan: Grandson of Genghis; finished conquest of China and expanded

Marco Polo: Venetian trader who, with his father and uncle, lived in China for a number of years

Zheng He: admiral and diplomat of the Ming dynasty

__________ INVASION

__________ were __________ group in Central Asia

Tribes united under __________ __________ and swept through much of the __________ steppes - vast __________ plains at the feet of mountain ranges (13th century)

Started into __________ - met resistance from __________ cities

Learned lessons of __________ and tubes - __________

Died before seeing the final conquest of the __________ - would spread from __________ to Eastern __________ to the __________ East; over 150 years

ESTABLISHMENT OF __________

Mongols rule - __________ and __________; live the way you did, as long as you pay __________

Mongols were __________ to different __________, __________, philosophies, etc.

Trade flourished along the __________ Road under political stability: __________

__________

By the 14th century, established a __________ of __________: people “enjoyed such a peace that a man might have journeyed from the land of __________ to the land of __________ with a golden __________ upon his head without suffering the least __________ from anyone”

__________ UNDER __________ RULEUnder __________ Khan, much of __________ China was under Mongol __________

His grandson, __________ Khan would finish the __________

Placed the __________ in Khanbaliq (modern day __________)

All-Mongol __________, __________, __________; local officials Chinese __________

Uneasy mix of __________ develop

Kublai mixes many __________ (Arab, Muslim, Chinese, etc) in his city; welcomes many __________

__________ __________

__________ __________, with his father and uncle, are welcomed in Kublai

Khan’s __________

Spent __________ years in __________

__________ __________ wrote about his

journeys and influenced many __________ desire

to benefit from trade along the __________ Road

Contact between __________ and __________

flourish with the __________

Christian __________, Muslim __________ all welcomed

__________ products moved towards __________

__________: RESTORE __________ RULE

Kublai’s __________ in 1294 signaled the __________ towards the

end of the __________, or Mongol, __________ in China

Heavy __________, __________ and natural __________ led to uprisings

Zhu Yuandzhang led an __________, led an army that pushed the

Mongols back beyond the __________ __________

1368, founded a new Chinese __________ called the __________;

sought to reassert Chinese __________

__________ service __________, __________ learning

__________ GROWTH

Very productive __________: well-__________ plains of eastern China easily supported __________ of over 100 million

Terrace __________, advanced __________ techniques

__________ and other cities home to many __________

__________, paper, tools, etc.

__________

__________ and arts grows

__________ HE SETS __________

Early __________ leaders sent out huge __________ to explore and to

__________ __________ the __________ of their government; at the head

was __________ He

1405 - __________ He commanded first of __________ expeditions

__________ huge __________ and over __________ smaller ones

__________ the coasts of SE Asia and India; __________ to the

__________ Sea and the Persian Gulf - as far as __________ __________

Brought back __________ __________ and __________

Showed local rulers the __________ and __________ of the __________ Empire

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END OF __________

1435 - __________ He died; Ming __________ banned the building

of __________ ships

Why? Historians __________ entirely __________

__________ to build and __________ ships?

__________ scholars saw little __________ - China already was

the most __________

Preserve __________

What if they had __________ on?